As a rule, Hollywood—the dream factory—doesn’t make movies about the American dream being a fraud, which is one reason why this film isn’t easily forgotten. In Tucker, the better product is smothered and banished so that the continuing profits of fat corporations can be safeguarded. If Coppola had chosen to tell this true story as [...]

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As a rule, Hollywood—the dream factory—doesn’t make movies about the American dream being a fraud, which is one reason why this film isn’t easily forgotten. In Tucker, the better product is smothered and banished so that the continuing profits of fat corporations can be safeguarded. If Coppola had chosen to tell this true story as [...]

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